Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-12
STRAY NOTES ON STYLE.

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ODD CONCEPTS FOR WINTER cosTuNEs-FuRs THAT
ARE IN FAvok-xovKLuEs IN JEwKLRY-rHE
RAGE FOR THE RUSSIAN.
TUILEis In the ascendant for evening wear for
young girls.
srEEL-GREY ALPACA and mohair are the popular
materials for travelling suits
soCrAcHE velvet is q new fabric that intimates
braid patterns on velvet over wool grounds.
SLEEVES or FABRIC DIFFERENT from that OF
the corsage are seen on cloth and silk gowns.
A KNITTED CORSET is a novelty which will COM
mend Itself to those ladies who dislike stif stays
NEW FORM OF BoN-BoN Box in German silver
Is In imitation Of shell and is carried in the
pocket.
CoLoRED STONES are now favored for engage
| monds.
THERE is nothing so handsome and becoming in
cold weather as a trimming OF fur on cloth or
velvet DRESS
ONE OF TIE OLDEST Of newly designed link cum
putt IS formed and colored so as to represent
the coffee bean
TIE DYED BLUE and silver fox furs are less
sought for than last season. dark long haired furs
being the popular choice.
BUFF CLorH suede leather waistcoats fas-
tend with small gilt buttons, are feature OF some
very chic tabernacle costumes.
RED TOILETS are likely to be as popular as dur
Ing the summer, and are worn by ladies' of all
ages, and even tiny boys and girls.
IHE LATEST IDEA In ladies' collar buttons Is q
shamrock. composed OF a diamond, ruby and sap
phlre, set into disk OF Roman gold.
NEW BRAIDED jackets have long waistcoats,
overlapping turned back fronts, high collars, and
packs that mold the ngure like glove.
ONE OF THE VERY LATEST DESIGNS in bracelets
Is series OF golden knots, each knot being set
either with ruby, sapphire or diamond
NOVEL SHOE TO be worn with an evening toilet
Is OF white patent leather with high flap OF silk
or satin matching the color OF the dress.
The PLAIN SKIRTS of the new dresses are COM
posed OF strait breadths, which are set on to the
closely gored foundation skirts In ounce fashion.
LARGE TURNOVER COLLARS are seen upon some
new dresses, and they are either put On single or
finished on with revers, plastron or fichu TRIM
ming.
LONG GLOVES for full dress have the kid only
long enough to cover the wrist the rest OF the
shade.
WOOD, BRONZE and tawny tans are preferred
autumn tints for the principal part Of suits made
up OF two fabrics These colors combine well with
most bright ones.
TEA gowns sent out from Paris are more closely
fashioned than the picturesque gowns worn by
English women. for whom these graceful toilets
were first designed
EVERYTHING RUSSIAN Is now the fashion; Mus
covite dresses, Byzantine galloons gold stufrs,
Russian eolofs-sHeh is the arsenal from which the
prevailing styles are drawn.
PRETTY BLANKETS, with thick fleece and
striped In duh blue or pink on cream or grey
ground, are used for making dressing wrappers,
ana are very warm and expensive.
IRISH POPLINs are being revived In both Scotch
and French plaids, and also In the blue and green
Prince OF Wales plaids These are used for kilt
basqueS
The PARIsIAN STYLES as seen In Paris are this
season very quiet. Unfortunately we get our ideas
OF them from dresses made expressly to tout Herod
Herod, In honor Of the supposed taste of the
iegencary america ne.
IT Is ASTONISHING to notice how completely the
fashion Of wearing earrings is dying out. Esthetes
have made an earnest crusade against the bar
barOus custom Of mutilating the ears and seem
10 have carried their point.
NOVEL AND PRETTY idea In corsage decoration
Is to fasten the trimming at each side just below
the armhCie, having II meet In the middle like a
peasant waist. This arrangement Is alike becom-
l.. 6 TO slender and plump figures.
OSTRICH FEATHER BoAs are among the tasteful
novelties OF the season; they are made OF the
feathers In their natural shades. or all black or
else black and white together. To wear with
them ar entire bonnets Oh the feathers, made TO
lie nat like fringe, or In small loops in rows
For WALKING DRESS, and useful I'm all
weathers nothing is better than dark blue smooth
faced lady's cloth, made with plain round skirt
panel braided in black on the left side, and
simple drapery. The basque is braided in black,
and Is quite round, without p eats in the back. A
plain braided jacket Of the same material forms
the outer wrap.
The OLD-FAsHToNED WATERED SILK is coming
back into style, and is much richer in eject than
the modern moire II is shown In the shops I'm
black, with the broad, delicate effects of the old
watering, which is interspersed with fine, wavy
lines, and forms the foundation OF dresses draped
with velvet or camel's hair, being made plainly
with little draping and less trimming.
HOODS ARE AGAIN ADDED to every sort OF wear
Ing apparel upon which they can be appropriately
placed. Clerical hoods are worn upon the backs
OF the close-fttlng English tOp-coats OF tweed as
Wen as upon many other models. Although most
hoods are ornamental, some are designed tu be
peated. and even hearI-shaped, they appear upon
newmarkets, peier1nes listers, teagOwns mat
lneeS. waterproors, and even nightdresses.
BoNNsrs SHOW DECIDED TENDENCY toward the
poke shape, and In some this tendency is fully
developed White CLOTH embroided, Is the newest
material, but very pretty little bonnet OF plain
studded all over with very small paste diamonds
rlyeted into the velvet like stars. A less dressy
bonnet has its crown entirely composed OF the
muititudtnOuS loops OF bow OF narrow black
riDbon, ali caught down at the beginning OF the
6rim with gut pins and evenly overlapping one
and edge the Dr1mS, both In black and white
PLUSH is made into beautiful teagowns OF girls
de perie, with tiny touches of very pale crepe de
oh ne to relieve the grey. These are very plain In
design, with demi-trains and a little pleating OF
grey satin set underneath the edge. lined with
deep lace balayeuse The front has a vest OF
heavy grey satin, forming sharp point and CIV
Ing the effect Of g-waistedness, which all
French gowns show. The pieats OF the vest are
lined with pink. making thus many very fine lines
OF the color, and the tight plush sleeves cJme half
way below The elbow, the flare being filled In with
the crepe, which faces the high halopen collar at
the throat.
FANCY WooLfNs combined with plain twilled
woods, make up the greater part OF the French i'm.
portations. two and q half to three yards Of fancy
goods Of single width being added to eight yards OF
the plain goods which Is double width; the figured
stun represents lower skirt disclosed almost to
the belt In one or two places by the very long
drapery OF the plain fabric, and Is also USED for
decorating the plain bodice Cord stripes, picot
stripes and velvet stripes with others like tuitn0
and In loops are clustered on smooth grounds OF
the stylish gobelin-blue, clear dark green and old
rosewood woods. In the new reds o garnet and no
cardinal tints are seen, but there is great variety
in the blOOdred shades, AMI In the vteux rose the
dahiia and the mahogany tnts, which French
modistes assert can be wUrn equally well by blondes
and brunettes.